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J. J. KELLY.

HAME. No. 308,262. Patented Nov. 18, 1884.

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JOHN J. KELLY, OF NEWARK, NENV JERSEY.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,262, dated November 18, 1884.

' Application filed August 21,1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hames, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to enable the hame-clip of harness to be attached to or re moved from the hame with increased facility and ease, and at the same time to increase the strength and durability of the hame.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and embodied in in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to like parts in each of the figures, Figure l is an elevation of a hame and a portion ofa tug illustrating myinvention; and Fig. 2 shows the manner of attaching the clip to the hame.

In said drawings, 6 is a haine having the draft-eye formed by bending or otherwise forming the body of the hame into a loop, 0, having a mouth, 0, leading from the front of said hame into what is usually termed the eye, or portion 0, where the clip has its bearing in drawing its load.

The hame and the draft eye thereof are formed of one continuous piece of metaheither cast or wrought; and inasmuch as all welding and riveting of the parts are done away with or avoided, 131161131116 is materially stronger and better capable of resisting the severe strain usually brought to bear upon it.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact shape of the loop, bend,

or eye shown, as the same may be varied with- 4 out depart-ing from the spirit of the invention.

The facility with which the ordinary clip, 0, may be placed in position or removed is illustrated in Fig. 2, in which the said clip is shown to have been brought over the end eye, 5

a, and that it can be passed along the body of the hame and carried through the opening 0' into the eye 0 of the bend or loop 0. This method of providing a separable clip and name has, manifestly, great advantage over 5 those usually employed, inasmuch as the common or ordinary clip or tug can be used to advantage, the interchange of parts can be readily effected, and the union of parts is secure and cannot be broken by any ordinary 6,

draft.

I am aware that in English Patent No. 2,488 of 1863 a hence is shown in which the body of the hame is bent or. twisted to form a drafteye, but inasmuch as no opening eorrespond- 6 ing to the one marked c'in the above specific-a. tion is provided, said device will not allow the ready removal of the clip, and does not embody my improvements.

Having thus described the invention,what I 7 claim as new is A hame having the loop or bend c and opening 0, adapted to" allow the clip, after the same has been brought over the end of the hame, to be passed into the draft-eye, subst-an- 7;

JOHN J. KELLY.

Witnesses:

F. F. CAMPBELL, E. D. WINANs. 

